Pod Bless Nashville

Hosts do a great job identifying issues that matter in Nashville. But Former Council Member Jamie can’t see past his own preferences, so he’s sometimes right, often wrong, but never in doubt. Entertaining and informative as long as there’s someone to check Jamie when he turns into a caricature of himself.

It’s been over a month….the calendar has now flipped over to a new year. Jamie, you should have left your weird obsession with Aftyn in 2025. I thought this would have been done and over with after Holly took you to school; however, I was mistaken.

jamie is a crank that fits his feared “know-it-all political hobbyist” label better than anyone else. he has good takes on housing and metro legal but otherwise …..oh brother. it’s like listening to your deranged uncle who is marginally informed on nashville politics but doesn’t understand that his time of political relevance has passed him by and that he is out of touch with almost everything. even when he has good points the way he messages them is just so off-putting. Braden is just an inoffensive centrist who loves to “both sides” every issue and probably still believes in horseshoe theory. bless his heart. they will sometimes stumble into interesting guests and sometimes they overcome their lackluster chemistry for a moment of truly good banter but this show mostly leaves me lamenting the state of independent political analysis and media in davidson county. if you want to know what’s going on in local politics and can tolerate a fair share of “old man yells at sky” vibes- this is a fine place to start. just don’t expect any sort of useful or compelling analysis.

I really enjoyed your conversation with Marissa Moss. Thanks for another great show.